Intel Kills a Top-of-the-Line Processor

itwbennett writes: In June of this year, Intel announced a processor branded as Broadwell-C. Now, the company has confirmed that the part was cancelled but would not give an official reason. Why did Intel kill the Broadwell-C? ITworld's Andy Patrizio speculates that it's a 'combination of increased cost, lower yield and potential product cannibalization' — cannibalization of the company's newly-launched Skylake processor, which the Broadwell-C outperformed.

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Perhaps they might make a much smarter move like redesigning the CPU. Discrete GPU process, "hey I noticed you have a separate GPU doing the work I was designed to do, do you want me to do something else, like crunch numbers or do AI stuff".